insurance market

The theoretical and methodological principles of risk management of insurance companies in Ukraine are investigated in the article. The dynamics and features of the insurance market development are studied, the main tendencies are determined. The main risks that significantly affect the existence and development of insurance companies in recent years are external systemic risks — inflation, currency, credit, to such risks are often are added factors that can be called risks with great complexity.

In countries that transform their economy is a strong tendency to imitate, the acquisition of consumption patterns and behaviors of more developed countries. Factor for strengthening these trends is globalization and internationalization. In Poland, the market particularly sensitive to process of internationalism is insurance market. Fast going system changes in the insurance market in Poland have caused not only the transformation of infrastructure, but also intensified changes in customer behavior.